Annals of the South African MuseumThe Museum, 1988 - Natural history |
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Page 662
... gives a gallon paraffin tin full of beadwork , the recipient has to kill a goat and give a party for her and her friends ! There is no record of a language of colour , such as is reported from Natal , but Plate 103 : 3 does show a ...
... gives a gallon paraffin tin full of beadwork , the recipient has to kill a goat and give a party for her and her friends ! There is no record of a language of colour , such as is reported from Natal , but Plate 103 : 3 does show a ...
Page 727
... give them snuff , and etiquette would lead him to refuse , in order that he might be asked again . He would then give a tardy consent . If he showed any anxiety or hurry in acceding to the request he would be thought to be offering them ...
... give them snuff , and etiquette would lead him to refuse , in order that he might be asked again . He would then give a tardy consent . If he showed any anxiety or hurry in acceding to the request he would be thought to be offering them ...
Page 775
... give us strength , whereby the traveller asks for help to accomplish his enterprise or errand . Whether his object is good or evil , whether he is going to steal his neighbour's cattle , or to pay a visit to his friends , or to pay his ...
... give us strength , whereby the traveller asks for help to accomplish his enterprise or errand . Whether his object is good or evil , whether he is going to steal his neighbour's cattle , or to pay a visit to his friends , or to pay his ...
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Personal and general | 449 |
Costume and insignia | 558 |
Ornament | 606 |
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abakhwetha According animal anklet apron arm-bands assegai bangles beadwork Bhaca blanket body Bomvana boys brass rings breast-cloth burial buttons Caffres calabash Cape Nguni cattle ceremony charms chief cicatrization circumcision Ciskei cloak clothing colour copper cosmetics costume covered dancing decorated diviners dolls dress Xhosa eene euphorbia finger Fingo gall-bladders garment Gcaleka girdle girls goatskin grass hair hair-style Hammond-Tooke hanging head head-band head-cloth head-dress hemp Hlubi horn Hottentots initiation intonjane ivory Kaffir kaross khwetha Kirby kopere kraal legend loin-cloth Lusikisiki Makalima medicine Mpondo Mpondomise musical bow necklace necklet ornaments Xhosa paint penis-sheath piece pipe Pondoland red clay red ochre reed round the neck skin skirt smeared smoking snuff snuff-box snuff-spoon Sotho Stavenisse stick stone string tail Thembu thong tobacco Transkei tribes Tshezi ubulunga Umtata waist water-pipe wear white beads white clay Willowvale wire woman women wore worn round Xesibe young